My idea of a great time no longer involves crazy crowds, long lines, frantic shoppers attempting to out grab one another, and all the hoopla that comes with Black Friday.

No thanks, People.

Instead, you can find me huddled up inside. Warm. Basking in the calm.

Which is precisely what we did today — well, until post nap.

I felt like I deserved an award for all of us — us being Le BF’s family — going to battle crowd it out at The Zoo’s Festival Of Lights.

We arrived early enough to beat the serious crowd we passed as we left and stayed one hour. Just the right amount of time in the cold with a toddler and teenagers.

And just long enough to get me feeling all Christmasy.